Famous Deaths for 16th August 2025

1661 – Thomas Fuller, British scholar, preacher and historian (History of the Worthies of Britain), dies of typhus fever at 53
1956 – Bela Lugosi [Blaskó], Austrian actor (Dracula, Plan 9 From Outer Space), dies of a heart attack at 73
1960 – Errol Holmes, English cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 50, HS 85no; Oxford University CC, Surrey CCC), dies of a heart attack at 54
1968 – (Robert) “Cutty” Cutshall, American jazz trombonist (Benny Goodman Orchestra; Eddie Condon), dies at 66
1977 – Elvis Presley, American King of Rock and Roll (“Hound Dog”; “Love Me Tender”; “Heartbreak Hotel”; “Suspicious Minds”), and actor (Jailhouse Rock; King Creole), dies at Graceland at 42, with the official cause of death being cardiac arrhythmia
1993 – Joseph Towers, US pilot, dies
2004 – Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey coach (b. 1950)
2010 – Bobby Thomson, Scottish-American baseball player, dies at 86
2016 – João Havelange, Brazilian industrialist and FIFA President 1974-98, dies at 100
2025 – Bob Simpson, Australian cricket batsman, captain and coach (62 Tests, 10 x 100s, HS 311, 71 wickets; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1965; NSWCA), dies at 89

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